Mary McGonigal
@marymcgonigal.bsky.social
I’m not a Botticelli Venus just a wee person in Scotland who thinks that each of us has to choose unity and peace in our own life.
I’m choosing to focus on beauty, truth and joy because I believe that only an open loving heart can heal us and our Earth 🌎.
I’m choosing to focus on beauty, truth and joy because I believe that only an open loving heart can heal us and our Earth 🌎.
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Mary McGonigal
@marymcgonigal.bsky.social
· Mar 23
I started this account because I have come to the conclusion that each of us has to commit personally to peace for it to happen.
Not after this, or after that, or when so and so does this or what’s her name does something else.
I am starting with me.
I commit to peace.
Do you want to join me?
Not after this, or after that, or when so and so does this or what’s her name does something else.
I am starting with me.
I commit to peace.
Do you want to join me?
In #authoritarian regimes
the main goal for citizens is
to be obedient
Not to seek for truth or freedom
but
to accept what you’re given
by way of permitted information
But in #democratic society
it’s essential that authority is honest and factual
because consent of the people
is the basis of law
the main goal for citizens is
to be obedient
Not to seek for truth or freedom
but
to accept what you’re given
by way of permitted information
But in #democratic society
it’s essential that authority is honest and factual
because consent of the people
is the basis of law
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In #authoritarian regimes
the main goal for citizens is
to be obedient
Not to seek for truth or freedom
but
to accept what you’re given
by way of permitted information
But in #democratic society
it’s essential that authority is honest and factual
because consent of the people
is the basis of law
the main goal for citizens is
to be obedient
Not to seek for truth or freedom
but
to accept what you’re given
by way of permitted information
But in #democratic society
it’s essential that authority is honest and factual
because consent of the people
is the basis of law
An investigative powerhouse?
Or a stenographer for the State?
#freedomofthePress
#BariWeiss
#60Minutes
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Or a stenographer for the State?
#freedomofthePress
#BariWeiss
#60Minutes
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘Holy f***ing dumpster fire’: Bari Weiss sparks ‘revolt’ by spiking 60 Minutes story
EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s going to be fascinating to see how far Bari is willing to double down on the piece ‘not ready’ argument and or/attack Sharyn and [60 Minutes],’ one CBS News staffer told The Independe...
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
An investigative powerhouse?
Or a stenographer for the State?
#freedomofthePress
#BariWeiss
#60Minutes
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Or a stenographer for the State?
#freedomofthePress
#BariWeiss
#60Minutes
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
A stonkingly impressive article by the incomparable
Alan Rusbridger
defending free speech and the human fallibility inevitable in journalism
#freespeech
#journalism
#BBC
#Trump
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71919/...
Alan Rusbridger
defending free speech and the human fallibility inevitable in journalism
#freespeech
#journalism
#BBC
#Trump
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71919/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A stonkingly impressive article by the incomparable
Alan Rusbridger
defending free speech and the human fallibility inevitable in journalism
#freespeech
#journalism
#BBC
#Trump
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71919/...
Alan Rusbridger
defending free speech and the human fallibility inevitable in journalism
#freespeech
#journalism
#BBC
#Trump
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71919/...
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The sun was shining so perfectly on my veg puttu thali, I had to take a picture of it. Glorious.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The sun was shining so perfectly on my veg puttu thali, I had to take a picture of it. Glorious.
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 22.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 22.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
The cosmic web. This is what the universe looks like on very large scales. The individual galaxies are very exaggerated in size. But this serves to illustrate the filamentery nature of the cosmos.
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Likely nothing.
Not trying to be bitter or miserly, I just haven't got money for anything right now. I made Yule gifts for my family using stuff I already had (stash busting FTW!) but that's it. Might splurge on groceries and get a cheesecake.
Not trying to be bitter or miserly, I just haven't got money for anything right now. I made Yule gifts for my family using stuff I already had (stash busting FTW!) but that's it. Might splurge on groceries and get a cheesecake.
1. What are you getting YOURSELF for Christmas?
December 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Likely nothing.
Not trying to be bitter or miserly, I just haven't got money for anything right now. I made Yule gifts for my family using stuff I already had (stash busting FTW!) but that's it. Might splurge on groceries and get a cheesecake.
Not trying to be bitter or miserly, I just haven't got money for anything right now. I made Yule gifts for my family using stuff I already had (stash busting FTW!) but that's it. Might splurge on groceries and get a cheesecake.
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The greatest single practice for bringing seekers into more and more direct awareness of their role here within the planetary rise in vibration is simply to be, to be the deepest and most profound and true self of which one is capable. – Q’uo
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1999/0207
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1999/0207
February 7, 1999 - Sunday meditation - L/L Research
The planetary awakening to unseen essences such as angels, guides and spirit guidance is part of our awakening to an even larger self-realization of direct co-creatorship with intelligent infinity. Could you speak of the process that is tak...
www.llresearch.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The greatest single practice for bringing seekers into more and more direct awareness of their role here within the planetary rise in vibration is simply to be, to be the deepest and most profound and true self of which one is capable. – Q’uo
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1999/0207
https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/1999/0207
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Flowers in stone | Paul Klee
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Flowers in stone | Paul Klee
If - like me - you’re into prehistory
this excellent programme about the treasures
in Kilmartin Glen Scotland
will be a joy
Full of detail and educated commentary
it completes a ‘wee tipple’ very nicely
#history
#prehistory
#Scotland
youtube.com/watch?v=15gr...
this excellent programme about the treasures
in Kilmartin Glen Scotland
will be a joy
Full of detail and educated commentary
it completes a ‘wee tipple’ very nicely
#history
#prehistory
#Scotland
youtube.com/watch?v=15gr...
The Lost World Of Prehistoric Scotland: Inside Kilmartin Glen's Tombs
YouTube video by Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries
youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If - like me - you’re into prehistory
this excellent programme about the treasures
in Kilmartin Glen Scotland
will be a joy
Full of detail and educated commentary
it completes a ‘wee tipple’ very nicely
#history
#prehistory
#Scotland
youtube.com/watch?v=15gr...
this excellent programme about the treasures
in Kilmartin Glen Scotland
will be a joy
Full of detail and educated commentary
it completes a ‘wee tipple’ very nicely
#history
#prehistory
#Scotland
youtube.com/watch?v=15gr...
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Untitled | Richard Diebenkorn
December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Untitled | Richard Diebenkorn
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Pretty much decided there are too many podcasts so have more or less gone back to just listening to music. The closest I get to talking is BBC 6 Music.
December 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Pretty much decided there are too many podcasts so have more or less gone back to just listening to music. The closest I get to talking is BBC 6 Music.
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Seems like 60 Minutes needs to do a 60 Minutes piece on the destruction of 60 minutes. @60Minutes #CBSNewsMAX @CBSNews
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seems like 60 Minutes needs to do a 60 Minutes piece on the destruction of 60 minutes. @60Minutes #CBSNewsMAX @CBSNews
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60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sharply summarizes the appalling decision of Bari Weiss not to run her CECOT story: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sharply summarizes the appalling decision of Bari Weiss not to run her CECOT story: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
Went to see this last night at the Town Hall - a very entertaining and successful production with a full house
Great actors communicating a story by Dickens that never fails in its seriousness and humour
10 out of 10 to all concerned!
#theatre
#Dickens
www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/2025/oc...
Great actors communicating a story by Dickens that never fails in its seriousness and humour
10 out of 10 to all concerned!
#theatre
#Dickens
www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/2025/oc...
Get into the Christmas spirits with Dickens’ festive favourite in Kirkintilloch - East Dunbartonshire Council
www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Went to see this last night at the Town Hall - a very entertaining and successful production with a full house
Great actors communicating a story by Dickens that never fails in its seriousness and humour
10 out of 10 to all concerned!
#theatre
#Dickens
www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/2025/oc...
Great actors communicating a story by Dickens that never fails in its seriousness and humour
10 out of 10 to all concerned!
#theatre
#Dickens
www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/news/2025/oc...
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I love winter sunrises, even when it is extremely cold. ❄️
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I love winter sunrises, even when it is extremely cold. ❄️
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #SundayYellow #EastCoastKin
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The future of human civilization depends on each of us making a single, simple choice.
#Christmas #holiday #family #conversation #SaveTheWorld
#Christmas #holiday #family #conversation #SaveTheWorld
How to Transform the World with a Single Choice
A Holiday Conversation Starter, Courtesy of the Dalai Lama
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The future of human civilization depends on each of us making a single, simple choice.
#Christmas #holiday #family #conversation #SaveTheWorld
#Christmas #holiday #family #conversation #SaveTheWorld
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I don't know when im gonna be able to make more music. but I want to
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don't know when im gonna be able to make more music. but I want to
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The sun is going down… it’s beginning to look a lot like winter 🥹❄️☃️🏂
a cartoon of snoopy laying on top of a red house
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy laying on top of a red house
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The sun is going down… it’s beginning to look a lot like winter 🥹❄️☃️🏂
As #Christmas Day approaches
don’t
‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’
The baby matters
The baby is central to the story
The whole mystery of who we are
is centred on the helplessness and vulnerability
of a baby born into this world
Given a name
Loved
Threatened
Who will change things
don’t
‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’
The baby matters
The baby is central to the story
The whole mystery of who we are
is centred on the helplessness and vulnerability
of a baby born into this world
Given a name
Loved
Threatened
Who will change things
December 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
As #Christmas Day approaches
don’t
‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’
The baby matters
The baby is central to the story
The whole mystery of who we are
is centred on the helplessness and vulnerability
of a baby born into this world
Given a name
Loved
Threatened
Who will change things
don’t
‘throw the baby out with the bathwater’
The baby matters
The baby is central to the story
The whole mystery of who we are
is centred on the helplessness and vulnerability
of a baby born into this world
Given a name
Loved
Threatened
Who will change things
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Can’t argue against that 👇
Unfortunately for US citizens
(and the rest of us)
Unfortunately for US citizens
(and the rest of us)
Trump is a documented fraud. His companies destroyed documents against court orders. He flushed documents down the White House toilet. His administration covering-up the Epstein files is just par for the course for this convicted felon.
December 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Can’t argue against that 👇
Unfortunately for US citizens
(and the rest of us)
Unfortunately for US citizens
(and the rest of us)
Wise decision
👍
👍
I’m about to stop buying fast food because the quality just keeps dropping every, fudging, day.
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wise decision
👍
👍